Haroon al-Afghani

Haroon al-Afghani (born 1981) was a senior commander of Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin, an Afghan militant group that fought against the United States during the Afghanistan War.

Biography
Haroon al-Afghani was born in 1981 in Sherzad, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan to a Sunni Muslim Afghan family, and he joined the al-Qaeda and Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin militant groups during the Afghan Civil War. He studied economics at Hayatabad Science University in Peshawar, Pakistan, and he was just a student when the Taliban took power. al-Afghani commanded multiple HiG terrorist cells during the Afghanistan War, conducting IED attacks in Nangarhar Province and having regular contact with al-Qaeda and HiG leadership. He was captured by the US Army during the war, and he was sent to Gitmo on 22 June 2007. For nine years, al-Afghani was refused a lawyer, and he was only granted a counsel on 15 June 2016, when he was sent to appear before a review board.